CLASSICS 1M03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Gaius Gracchus, Scipio Aemilianus, Ager Publicus
24 Sep 2018
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148: too young p. cornelius scipio aemilianus given command against precedent (tribune threatens veto); Second consulship in 134 against senate"s wish. 143: appius claudius pulcher celebrates non-sanctioned triumph. Little promise of booty compared with wars in east. Burden of soldiering on roman/italian peasants (remember spurius ligustinus!) Senatorial elite (roman commanders and officers) invest spoils of war in land. Smallholders can"t compete; free labour opportunities shrink w/ flood of cheap slaves. Dispossessed and disaffected peasants move to rome. 133: tribunate of tiberius sempronius gracchus: senatorial opposition to his land reform. Riot erupts, tiberius killed by rival tribune. 125: proposal to enfranchise italian allies fails. 123: tribunate of gaius sempronius gracchus: follows brother but pursues more radical populist programme. 121: senatus consultum ultimum (final decree of the senate), lucius opimius, death of. 112-106: jugurthine war (concluded by marius; celebrates triumph) 113-105: roman defeats by teutones and cimbri.
